Edward MacDevitt

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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|image = StateLibQld 1 131571 Portrait of Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt, 1874.jpg

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| constituency_AM1 = Kennedy

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 15 September 1870

| term_end1 = 18 November 1873

| predecessor1 = John Bright

| successor1 = John Macrossan

| constituency_AM2 = Ravenswood

| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start2 = 18 November 1873

| term_end2 = 14 November 1874

| predecessor2 = New seat

| successor2 = Henry King

|birth_date = 1843

|birth_place = Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland

| death_date = 4 February 1898 (aged 54)

| death_place = Malvern, Victoria, Australia

|restingplace = St Kilda Cemetery

|birthname = Edward O'Donnell MacDevitt

|nationality = Irish Australian

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|spouse = Katy Power

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Edward MacDevitt was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=4166600696|website=Former Members Register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=24 June 2015}}

He represented the Electoral district of Kennedy from 1870 to 1873, and the Electoral district of Ravenswood from 1873 to 1874.

Career

Barrister, Brisbane; Immigration lecturer, Britain, 1874 - 1876

Barrister, Melbourne and Kalgoorlie WA, 1897 - 1898

Personal life

He was born 1843 in Glenties, County Donegal, Ireland and died 1898 in Melbourne while trying to learn to ride a bike during a heatwave.{{cite web|last1=Gibbney|first1=H. J.|title=MacDevitt, Edward O'Donnell (1845–1898)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macdevitt-edward-odonnell-4078|website=Australia Dictionary of Biography}}

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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Ravenswood|years=1873–1874}}

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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Category:Colony of Queensland people

Category:Attorneys-general of Queensland

Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia

Category:1843 births

Category:1898 deaths

Category:19th-century Australian politicians

Category:People from Glenties

Category:Politicians from County Donegal